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RANSOM NOTES HAUPTMANN'S, SAYS EXPERT ‘Confession’ Is Contained in One Message, Jersey Counsel Says. NURSERY VISIT RELATED Suspect's Lawyer Hammers Away at Testimony of Witness. By Unifid Press NEW YORK. Oct. 16 —Handwriting described as ' an admission and confession” that Bruno Richard Hauptmann entered the Lindbergh home and kidnaped the famous flier’s son went into supreme court evidence this afternoon, at resumption of the German carpenter's^extradition hearing. The state of New Jersey, seeking to extradite Hauptmann on charges of murdering the baby, introduced testimony of Albert S. Osborne, handwriting expert, to prove Hauptmann wrote ransom notes to Colonel Charlps A. Lindbergh. These notes said the writer had been in the Lindbergh nursery. Hauptmanns counsel immediately attacked credibility of Mr. Osborne's testimony. James M. Fawcett, counsel for Hauptmann, forced the portly, white-haired Osborne to make minute explanations and comparisons to show why—in Osborne's opinion, the ransom notes were the same as Hauptmann's handwriting. Mr. Osborne, wearing an apparatus to aid his hearing, explained the lines and the errors in the writing which he said made him "reasonably certain.” Tell of Nursing Visit * Special emphasis was placed on the handwriting testimony because the notes referred to the writer having gone into the Lindbergh nursery. New Jersey's greatest difficulty in evidence against Hauptmann has been in proving that he was at or near the scene of the crime on March 1, 1932. By proving Hauptmann wrote these notes Attorney General David Wilentz seeks to establish a "confession” that the suspect was at the scene. Mr. Fawcett shouted at the witness until Mr. Osborne said: "You don't have to shout. I'm wearing one of those things,” and pointed to his ear phone. Mr. Fawcett had the expert attempt to select from a sheaf of automobile license applications, the six j he had utilized in his study of the ransom notes. Points Out Similarities He selected three—two applications by Hauptmann in 1931—and another, and said these were used in his studies. Mr. Fawcett then sought to have the witness select characteristic mistakes or handwriting signs of a similar nature from any two of the license applications. Mr. Osborne testified that a typical error made by Hauptmann in writing was confusion in placing of "h" and "t” in a word. "In this auto appliaction,” the witness said, "Hauptmann wrote that he went past a red light. He spelled 'light' and 'lihgt.' He often spelled ‘the’ as 'hte.’ ” Mr. Fawcett hammered away at Mr. Osborne to make further identification of tell-tale lines in the writing. Mr. Osborne said he was handicaped by not having all of the ransom notes. Further Notes Admitted Mr. Fawcett objected to introduction of further notes, but gave way temporarily to further direct examination by Mr. Wilentz, who introduced other notes. Mr. Osborne frequently clashed with Mr. Fawcett, insisting he could not deflintelv say the handwriting was the same on the basis of the auto registration cards alone. "I must take all writing into consideration," the witness said. ‘ The promissory note, the auto card, the writer made a request of police, and so on.” SELF-RULE BACKED BY BOARD FOR INDUSTRY Business Would Control Its Own Chiselers Under Setup. By Unit, and Frets WASHINGTON. Oct. 16— Industry may be given an opportunity under government supervision to police itself and control its own chiselers in the NR A code enforcement program being worked out today by President Roosevelt's new national industrial recovery board.

ANOTHER SMASH Another chapter in the firstline coverage of the Stoll kidnaping rase by staff reporters of The Times who are on the scene at Louisville was presented yesterday when details of the ransom note in the case were revealed for the first time. Working over the week-end. Times reporters dug up the information that led to the first publication of REAL facts about the note which demands 550.000 for the return of the kidnaping victim. In addition to this feature yesterday. The Times again presented photographs of the case and carried more than two columns of smash story. Tke Times will be represented by its own staff until the crime is closed. Follow one of the year’s most outstanding stories each day in The Times.

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Shouting "No!” in reply to the question "Did you murder Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr.?” put to him on cross-examination, Bruno R. Hauptmann attempted to establish an alibi for the night of the kidnaping when his fight to avoid extradition to New Jersey to face a murder charge was heard in Bronx county <N. Y.i supreme court. He is shown as he testified that he spent the night the kidnaping took place at home with his wife.

PIERPONT WILL DIE TOMORROW Ohio Warden Keeps Hour of Execution Secret: Guard Governor White. By I u ift tl Fri ts COLUMBUS. 0.. Oct. 16.—" Sometime tomorrow” the state will terminate the criminal career of Harry Picrpont. one-time confederate of John Dillinger’s notorious gang which terrorized middle westerners for months with bank robberies, jail breaks and murders. Pierpont was sentenced to electrocution on conviction of murder in the death of Sheriff Jess Sarber of Lima. The state supreme court rejected his appeal and set Oct. 17 as the date for his death. Governor George White declined to intercede. "Make no further attempt in my case,” the gangster told his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pierpont, Lakeville. Ind. He will be the first of the lraders of the Dillinger outlaws to die under a prison death warrant. Warden P. E. Thomas kept secret the hour of execution. It will be j "sometime Wednesday,” he said. He waived visiting rules for the ! parents to visit Pierpont today. A personal guard has been assigned Governor White as a result of threatening notes sent to him and to Warden Thomas. 30-HOUR WEEK DRIVE ASSAILED BY JOHNSON Former NRA Chief May Lead Fight Against Legislation. I! u I ii ih il Pr< v WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.—General Hugh S. Johnson's sharp warning that, a thirty-hour week law would send the nation into another business collapse indicated today that the retired NRA head might lead industrial opposition to the measure in the developing legislative fight. General Johnson's statement, mpde in his first press conference after formally leaving NRA, was coupled with a prediction that a thirty-hour week would increase present prices by 20 per cent.

Mass Suicide Strike of 1,000 Miners Is Ended Voluntary Prisoners End Four and One-Half Days of Entombment in Pit After Compromise Agreement. By l in ted Press FUNFKIRCHFN. Hungary, Oct. 16.—A thousand coal miners, who in despair at their living conditions threatened the ultimate of economic protest—mass suicide—ascended from their 4 4-day entombment today.

victorious. Assured of concessions arranged through the personal intervention of Premier Julius Goemboes, the men came up from the galleries 1310 feet below the surface where they had been voluntary prisoners since 5 p. m. last Thursday. They were greeted hysterically by wives and children. Weakened by hunger and thirst, blackened from days and nights of lying in thick coal dust, the men ended their strike after an agreement which provided: 1. A bonus of about $17,217 (57,200 pengoes) now and a similar one at Christmas time. 2. No prosecution for sabotage provided no damage was done to the mines. 3. No cancellation of vacations because of the strike. 4. A government commission to see that justice is done them. They agreed to await future negotiation on their demand for five days’ work a week instead of the present two. At the pit heads when the miners ascended were government offiicials, representatives of the owners, mine union leaders who came here from Budapest, wives and children almost as exhausted as the men themselves, several thousand miners who had sought to join the underground suicide strike —and soliders, with machine guns at alert because they believed sanguinary fighting would begin on the surface if a single man died down in the black galleries. A deputy who descended into the mine after the government indicated that it would attempt lorci-

HOOVER’S PLEA LED TO CRASH, INSULL HINTS Put Full Steam Ahead After White House Talk to Be Defense. EAGER TO TAKE STAND $200,000,000 Expansion Was Planned After Parley in Washington. By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 16.—Samuel Jnsull's defense against charges that he engineered a $143,000,000 swindle i will include a plea that he sought l to carry out former President Hoover's program of recovery by putting "full steam ahead,” it was revealed today. Details of a conference of the nation's business leaders and Mr. Hoover at the White House late in 1929 will form an important link in Insult’s testimony when he goes on the witness stand in federal court, it was learned. The 74-year-old Insull, on trial with sixteen former associates on charges of using the mails to defraud, is "actually eager” to testify in his own behalf, his attorney said. Following the White House conference, attended by Henry Ford, Julius Rosenwald and other captains of finance and industry, Insull made a speech before prominent Chicagoans at the Palmer House on Dec. 3, 1929, and announced a $200,000,000 expansion program for his vast utility empire. The crumbling collapse of the Insull domain came before the program could be carried out, however, and only $71,107,651 was spent. This went for expansion of the Middle West Utilities Company, key unit of his holdings and now in receivership. The Corporation Securities Company, he will testify, was organized to raise new funds for financing the program. "Business as usual will be our byword,” Insull said in his address to the Chicago business men. “There must be adherence to the faith which has sustained us in the past if we are to have calm assurance j of the soundness of our policies of j today and for abiding confidence in the future.” The entire $200,000,000, he told his audience, was to be spent in 1930. TEN REPORTED DEAD IN MANILUYPHOON Thousands Homeless After Terrific Storm. By United Press MANILA. P. 1., Oct. 16—A check of typhoon - stricken districts j around Manila indicated tonight j that at least ten persons were i drowned. The list included an un- j identified American, drowned in the San Juan river. * Fear was expressed for the cutter Aeyat, which left Manila for Olongapo last Monday and was unreported. Semi-official reports for Bulacan province indicated that 10.000 persons were made homeless and 2,000 houses were blown down. Calcoocan and Malabon also reported that 500 houses had been destroyed, leaving ,2.000 persons without shelter.

ble removal of the strikers unless they surrendered, said: “They are lying in coal dust. They are huddling in groups, with pieces of coal for pillows. Some roll about; occasionally, moaning in misery. Many have their lips and throats so parched by thirst that they are unable to speak. Some of the boys are! begging their elders to kill them and get it over with.”

Selecting of Recruits Is Vital Phase of Modern Police Organizations, National Survey Reveals

BV ALBERT J. BEVERIDGE JR. Perhaps the most vital phase of modern police organization is the method of selecting recruits. The better known forces in this country and Canada pay careful attention to this detail for it is undoubtedly the most important. If a police force starts off on the wrong foot it will take a long time to correct that evil. Considering the vast distances the troopers are forced to cover, often individually, a certain morale is necessary to hold an organization together. An organization relies on honor to strengthen its troopers against corruption and temptation; courage to prompt them to worthy deeds: integrity to have them accomplish tedious and difficult tasks. Because of these circumstances it is necessary to have a high type of individual, thoroughly trained not

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16,1934

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Robert Maynard Hutchins, 35, president of Chicago university will be the third college president to join the brain trust high command under the New Deal, it was learned this afternoon. He probably will be assigned to a coordinator's post under the NRA. SHIP TRAGEDY REPORT FILED Five Officers Criticised by Probers: Face Loss of Licenses. By Tnited Pre ,s NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—The inquiry board of the United States steamboat inspection service which conducted sensational hearings into the tragic fire on the Ward liner Morro Castle today ordered Acting Captain William F. Warms and four of his subordinates to show cause Oct. 29 why their licenses should not be suspended or permanently revoked. The five officers of the giant luxury liner, which was beached off Asbury Park after 134 persons had drowned or burned to death, were criticized in the report, a preliminary one signed only by Captain Karl C. Neilson and James Smith, inspectors of the New York district. Although the report did not assign a cause or fix responsibility for the disaster because its powers extended only to determining whether the officers had been negligent, it definitely took the stand that had the vessel been stopped and the SOS sent when the fire was first discovered, loss of life would not have been so great. In this connection the board severely criticised the conduct of members of the crew, who, it found, after lowering themselves into the sea in lifeboats, failed to heed the appeals of passengers huddled on the stern. There were five specific allegations leveled against acting captain Warms,, including: Delaying the SOS, sassing to stop the vessel although the superstructure was on fire and it was steaming into a breeze; failing to have the fire hose connected and ready for use, neglecting to order fire screen doors closed, and failing to have the deck crew divided into equal watches. PARENTS’ ASSOCIATION HOLDS PARLEY HERE Hundreds in City for Annual Session of State Group. Reports of Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers state officers were made today at the opening session of the twenty-fourth annual convention in the Severin. Although no official registration estimate had been made, hundreds of Indiana delegates were in attendance. Mrs. W. J. Hockett, state president, presided. BANDITS GRAB $14,000 IN CITY HALL HOLDUP Trio Stages Daring Robbery Opposite Police Headquarters. By United Press BROCKTON, Mass.. Oct. 16Three bandits held up the city treasurer in. his office at city hall today and escaped with $14,000. City hall is opposite police headquarters. The robbery was engineered swiftly without the firing of a shot. The bandits escaped in an automobile with a confederate. American Consul Dies By United Press GILBRALTAR. Oct. 16.—Richard Louis Sprague, 63, American consul at Gibraltar, died last night. Members of his family have represented the United States at Gibraltar as consuls and consular agents for 133 years.

This is the second of a series of stories on police systems written by Albert J. Beveridge Jr., a special writer for the Lebanon (Ind.) Reporter. The Indianapolis Times will publish a story daily until the conclusion of the series. In compiling the articles, Mr. Beveridge, during the last year, has studied the operations of a number of state police setups. His survey included Indiana, Massachusetts. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the Royal Northwest Mounted. The stories also are appearing in the Lebanon Reporter.

only in gentlemanly qualities bt in general police science. The rfiajority of states have regular training schools where the potential troopers spend from three to six months undergoing a military training course. Such a course is allembracing for the men are taught every phase of modern police work. Almost all of the seasoned state police forces have about the same procedure, some of them differing only in the matter of detail. For the

MRS. STOLL ALIVE AND IN GOOD HEALTH, IS REPORT; RELEASE BY KIDNAPER IS EXPECTED TODAY

MSHM TO DEATH PUT MUST * Suspect Charges Ringleader Gave His Orders From Budapest. By United Press PARIS, Oct. 16.—Sylvester Malny, alleged to have been second in command of five men sent to France to conduct the Marseille assassinations, was said by police today to have confessed that Egon Kvaternik, supposed to be leader, sent him here from Budapest, Hungary. The admission was calculated to make more bitter the feeling in Yugoslavia against Hungary, which Yugoslavia has complained against tor harboring Croatian terrorists. Malny was captured yesterday as he walked toward Paris from Fontainebleau forest, thirty miles away, in which he had hidden himself since Saturday despite efforts of 1,000 police and soldiers to find him. He was questioned throughout the night at Melun by General Simmonevitch, chief of the Yugoslavian police. He admitted that he was sent on a “mission” which was to be executed either here or at Marseille and that he met Vlogak Georgieff, the actual assassin, at Lausanne, Switzerland. Georgieff used the name of Petrus Kelemen. Malny made the following statement to police: “During our stay in Paris, Kramer met us daily and said we were corpses in his hands and must carry out his orders, working in a great cause. “I broke the oath and left Paris. After that I knew if I were not arrested, I was liable to be murdered by the gang.” Yugoslavia Protests By United Press BELGRADE, Oct. 16.—The government has instructed its minister at Budapest to protest in severe terms to the Hungarian government against it alleged sheltering of Yugoslavian terrorists, it was said on reliable authority today. In the protest, it was said, the government would assert that it had proved Hungary permitted the sojourn of terrorists who were known to be planning attacks not only on King Alexander, but on members of his government. bodyoTpoingare VIEWED BY THRONGS Statesman’s Death Laid to Assassination Shock. By Tnited Press PARIS, Oct. 16.—Raymond Poincare, war-time president, died of shock caused by the assassination of his old colleague, Louis Barthou, at Marseilles, his closest friends said today. On hearing of the tragedy, Poincare said: “Oh. Barthou!” He burst into tears and remained greatly depressed until he died yesterday morning. Hundreds of admirers were admitted to his study last night to view his body at it lay in its oak coffin.

THE WEATHER TODAY

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 52 10 a. m 68 7 a. m 52 11 e. m 71 Ba. m 58 12 <nooni.. 72 9a. m 64 Ip. m 74 Tomorrow’s sunrise, 5:58 a. m.; sunset, 5:03 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: South wind, twelve miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.18 at sea level; temperature, 62; general conditions, high, thin, scattered clouds; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, ten miles.

most part, all applicants are forced to undergo rigid physical and mental tests before they are admitted to training school. All physical requirements are based on the standard used at West Point. The Royal Canadian Mounted, of course, has diferent and even more stringent physical requirements but it must be remembered that its members perform tasks far different than American troopers. Let us take one state as an ex-

WASHINGTON’S GREAT MONUMENT IS READY FOR ITS FIRST BATH

By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.—The Washington monument, 86 years old, is going to get its first bath—a SIOO,OOO one. Since 1848, when the cornerstone of the shaft was laid and the spire began rising slowly toward the finish in the 1880's, it hasn't had a bath. As in the case of most human beings, the bath will be in soap and water. “Only the purest soap," the PWA, which set aside the money, stipulated. Erecting scaffolding for the bathers proved to a big task but today the spider-web structure had risen 555 feet, 54 inches to the top of the shaft. KERN ATTACKS JOB PROMISING G. 0. P. Campaign Draws Fire of Democrat Mayor Candidate. Branding the Republican mayoralty campaign a "parade of preposterous political promises,” Superior Judge John W. Kern, Democratic nominee for mayor, last night charged that the Republican organization is resorting to the reckless promising of hundreds of jobs as a lure for votes. Judge Kern spoke at a Tenth ward Democratic meeting at Hamilton aVenue and Washington street. Judge Kern declared that the Boss Coffin faction of the Republican party backing the candidacy of Walter Pritchard is resorting to an orgy of campaign promises that has reached the point of being ridiculous. “The opposition in this campaign,” Judge Kern said, “in a forlorn hope of gaining some votes in the final weeks of the -campaign, has adopted a policy of promising jobs and favors of all kinds to Indianapolis citizens by the thousand. “For example,” he declared, “we have learned that hundreds of men have been promised appointments to the police and fire departments, if Mr. Pritchard is elected. Such a thing, of course, is absurd, as the next city administration can make but a comparatively small number of appointments to these two departments unless It wishes tn treble the city budget by increasing the number of men in each department. “With the same reckless abandon, the Coffin organization has been promising other jobs to hundreds of persons. The organization workers, in making all these wild promises, have no intention or even desire to make good on these promises, knowing that such a thing is impossible. “In my campaign, I have made no promises other than the sincere pledge to the people of Indianapolis that I will give a clean, decent and honest administration and I will be mayor for all the people, not just a few.”

Scientist Asks Chance to Revive Executed Convicts Colorado Governor Considers Plea of Doctor Who Has Restored Life to Dogs in Experiments. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 16.—Hope of Dr. Robert E. Cornish for a human guinea pig to use in restoration of life experiments centered today in Governor Edwin G. Johnson of Colorado, who already has permitted Colorado’s convicts to be used in scientific experiments.

Dr. Cornish addressed letters to Governors of three states in which lethal gas is used to execute the condemned, asking permission to attempt restoration of life on the body of an executed convict. Arizona and Nevada answered emphatically “no.” But Governor Johnson declined to summarily reject the proposal. He said he would be glad to discuss the

ample, Massachusetts. The last examinations were held in 1933 and tempts to advance himself or any positions showing the remarkable reputation of the force and emphasizing that a real career is offered. 'The first test given to the men. who usually are between the ages of 24 and 35, was the West Point physical examination. So thorough were the requirements that but 1,020 who had applied were allowed to continue. Then a mental test cut the remaining down to 458. These successful candidates were then brought before an interviewing board composed of the commissioner of public safety, the executive officer and his adjutant, where they were given personal attention. At the same time, investigations were made to determine the fitness of \Tum to rage Three/

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Louisville Society Matron May Be Returned Within 24 Hours; Federal Agents Check Indianapolis Clews. CITY TELEPHONE CALLS ARE PROBED Despair Gives Way to Optimism; Release of Wealthy Oil Man’s Wife May Take Place Today. Confirmation of the report that Indianapolis has become a factor in the hunt for Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, kidnaped Louisville society matron, was seen in a flurry of activity here this afternoon at the department of justice offices. A Times reporter noted five agents, only one of whom was believed connected with the local department of justice offices. As usual, they were noncommunicative and refused to affirm or deny that they were working on the Stoll mystery. However, it was learned that mysterious telephone calls from public telephone booths here to Louisville were the motive for the agents’ activities. At one time yesterday, all trunk lines between here and Louisville were tied up by the investigation. By Times Bprrial LOUISVILLE, Oct. 16.—Berry V. Stoll, husband of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, kidnaped Kentucky society woman, this afternoon was alleged to have drawn a revolver on two newspaper men and a photographer and snapped the trigger at them twice. The gun, according to one of the reporters, either was unloaded or failed to fire. Two clicks were said to have been heard. The reporter driving the newspaper men’s car, Joe Green, of the Louisville Times, knew Mr. Stoll and greeted him familiarly when they drove up to the Stoll home. Green said Stoll made no answer, hut turned his back and drew the revolver. The newsmen drove hurriedly away. BY HAROLD LA FOLT Tim*-* Staff Writer LOUISVILLE, Oct. 16.— Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, kid naped Kentucky society matron, is alive and in good health and her return is expected within twenty-four hours, it was learned today from a source considered extremely reliable. The Times informant who hinted that Mrs. Stoll s return might be expected within twenty-four hours, said it had been learned that she was “alive yesterday, in good health and spirits and very cheerful.”

It was presumed that a contact had been made with the kidnaper and that he had assured her of her safety as long as the family carried out the ransom arrangements, which it was eager to do. One feature of the case which authorities regarded as unusually significant was that the Lindbergh kidnaping law becomes operative after today. The Lindbergh law, carrying the death penalty, becomes operative after seven days, if the kidnaping victim has not been returned unharmed after that period. The federal court then has juris-

subject with Dr. Cornish further. Dr. Cornish has experimented with resuscitation method by executing dogs, then attempting to restore them to life. This method, he claims, has proven successful with low'er animals and he would like to extend the experiments to humans, believing they might result in saving thousands of lives. Warden Matt Penrose of Nevada prison said he was “willing to take a chance,’’ but Governor Morley T. Griswold said emphatically that he did not approve. Governor B. B. Moeur of Arizona said that so long as he was Governor no such experiments would be undertaken in his state. The resuscitation process Dr. Cornish devised is intended to revive persons asphyxiated by gas, electrocuted or otherwise meeting similarly violent deaths. After heart action has stopped. Dr. Cornish injects a solution containing heparinor liver extract into the veins of his canine subjects. Then he places the subject on a teeterboard and gently rocks it back to life. Within a few days the two dogs so far restored have shown ability to respond to ordinary stimuli of light and sound, have developed good appetites for milk and hamburger, and, as thpy progress, have exhibited such canine traits as feeble barking when food is placed before them and jealous growls in the i presence of other annuals. |

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diction because it Is presumptive evidence if the victim has not been returned in seven days that the kidnaper and victim have crossed a state line. The ransom note left by the kidnaper admitted full knowledge of the Lindbergh law and its penalty. The Kentucky state law penalty also may be death in kidnaping cases. Another feature of the case which observers regarded as significant was the withdrawal of William S. Kammerer, close friend of the Stoll family, as the contact man between the press and family. Mr. Kammerer has been replaced by J. A. Tarrant, attorney and family friend, and Frederick M. Sackett, the missing girl's uncle. Press Parley Delayed Mr. Kammerer is a close friend of Nate Lord, whose brother holds an important post on a Louisville newspaper, and it was believed Mr. Kammerer's withdrawal might have been due to a desire to rid himself of any embarrassment if Mrs. Stoll were returned and the newspaper in question obtained an exclusive story on the return. The previous arrangement between the press and department of justice officials has been that any important announcement concerning Mrs. Stoll's return would come from Harold Nathan, in charge of the department of Justice investigation. Usually, the press conferences are scheduled at noon, but today’s meeting was postponed until 5:30 this afternoon. Informed circles were tense from midnight. There was no confirmation from the Stoll estate that contact had been established with the kidnaper who last Wednesday carried the Kentucky society matron from her home in the exclusive suburban colony ten miles from here, after binding her with surgical tape and inflicting possible se rious injuries from blows from a tapewrapped length of pipe. Newspaper men saw Berry V. Stoll, husband of the kidnaped woman, for the first time this afternoon in several days. He was seated outside the Stoll home with William Stoll, one of his brothers. Nearby lounged Hector, the Great Dane, who failed so signally as a guard the afternoon his mistress was abducted. Appears Morp Hopeful Berry Stoll came over to the car. ‘ We understand you have an important announcement to make,” a reporter said to Mr. Stoll. He replied in the negative. "Are you more hopeful?” he was asked. ••Well,” he replied.” I shaved today for the first time in five days. "I'm sorry we haven't been able to keep in closer contact with the press.” he continued, "but naturally we are concerned solely for Alice’s safety and not concerned now with newspaper stones.’’ That the disappearance of Mrs. Stoll probably was a ransom kid.iTurn ot Page Three)